However, Li Qi's action of shaking his head puzzled him, so he asked, "What do you mean by shaking your head? Is it wrong for him to do so? "
Li Qi glanced at him and said, "Of course not. He's treating himself like a pig."
"What do you mean?"
Li Qi explained, "This Remonin wants to use the funds to get to the top, right?"
Li Du nodded. "Yes."
Li Qi continued to shake his head. "He won't succeed. The higher-ups in Mozambique are short-sighted and stingy. They see the country's resources as their own. How could they allow someone to climb to the top and compete with them for resources?
"Remonin is very rich. He keeps bribing to get the support of the members of parliament and the military committee, and then climbs to the top. He might not have thought that the other party wants to promote him and give him power to get more money from him.
"When the higher-ups get enough money, when Remonin has enough power, the higher-ups will think of a way to get rid of him.
"This process is like raising a pig. Have you raised a pig before? Or have you seen someone raise a pig? "Li Qi asked again.
Li Du pondered for a moment and said, "When I was young, my family raised pigs. I understand what you mean. The purpose of the farm owner to raise a pig is to kill it and make money, right?"
Li Qi nodded. "Yes, maybe this pig understands its owner's intention. Maybe it wants to resist or escape, so it chooses one path. It eats and drinks as much as it can to make itself as strong as possible, hoping that when it is strong enough, it will have the ability to resist its owner.
"But this is a stupid idea. It can't fight the pig farm owner on its own. Besides, the pig farm owner won't let it grow indefinitely. If you've raised pigs before, you'll know that when a pig is released from the pen, it's not when it's at its fattest, but when the ratio of growth to the amount of feed it eats is the greatest. "
Li Du nodded. That was indeed the case.
When the pigs were released from the pen, they were not considered very big. They could still continue to grow.
During their growth, they ate the same amount of pig feed. When they were young, they would grow more meat than when they grew up. This was a matter of feed efficiency.
Needless to say, the higher the feed efficiency, the more profitable the farm owner would be. If the feed efficiency decreased, the loss would outweigh the gain.
From Li Qi's point of view, Remonin was living in such an environment. However, pigs grew fat by eating feed, while he spent money to buy power.
At first, the higher-ups in Mozambique gave him a small position and a bit of power in exchange for a large sum of money.
In the future, as Remonin's position rose and his power grew, his ambition would also grow. This way, if the higher-ups wanted to take money from him, they would have to pay an even greater price.
There was a balance between paying the price and paying the price. This was also the bottom line of the higher-ups. When they reached this bottom line, they would kill Remonin.
Understanding this, Li Du asked, "Is there any way to solve his predicament?"
Li Qi glanced at him and said, "Yes, there are two ways for a pig to stay alive. The first is to escape when the owner isn't paying attention. However, that way, it won't be able to enjoy a safe environment and delicious pig feed …"
Yang Dong interrupted with a smile, "Delicious pig feed? Haha. "
Li Qi also smiled and continued, "Remonin will not choose this path, because its goal is to survive in the environment of the breeding farm and enjoy the feed that will allow it to grow faster."
"The second way is to gain the favor of the owner or the people around him, so that they won't kill it. However, you have to know that the owner has already made up his mind to fatten it up and make money. It will be very difficult to change the owner's mind. "
Li Du said, "Then it will gain the favor of others and let them interfere with the owner's influence?"
Li Qi clapped his hands and said, "Absolutely right. To put it simply, if Remonin wants to break out of this predicament, he should not continue to please the higher-ups, but other people. The other people I'm talking about are the ordinary people. He should take the path of the masses."
"In our words, it's like accumulating food and slowly becoming king. He has to be steady, step by step, digest the power he already has, and then fight for more power. Just like a pig, it has to digest the feed in its mouth first before eating other feed."
"Remonin has to establish his prestige among the people and the army, gain the trust of the masses, and surround the higher-ups from the bottom. In addition, he has to make friends with officials who are in the same situation as him. This is different from pigs, because pigs don't know how to form alliances with their own kind to strengthen themselves. Humans should know. "
The more Li Du listened, the quieter he became, and the more panic he felt.
He had always underestimated political struggles, underestimated the world. If it were not for Li Qi's words, he would never have realized the danger Remonin was in.
He could not be blamed. He was just a small businessman. Such political issues were not his forte.
However, it was Li Qi's forte.
Li Qi wanted to continue his analysis, but Li Du interrupted him and asked, "Yang Dong said that you used to work in the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Why were you fired?"
This question made Li Qi laugh bitterly. "There are some things I can't say. It would be bad if you knew. However, the root of it is that I was too honest, and I'm Chinese, so I was pushed out."
Li Du asked again, "How much do you earn in a month? How much did you earn in a month before? "
"My annual salary used to be around 100,000 yuan. Now it's a fraction of what I used to be. Sometimes, I can't even earn enough for my stall fees and insurance," Li Qi continued to laugh bitterly.
Yang Dong continued, "Speaking of this, I can't help but complain. D * mn, what is the purpose of the underground market? The government says it encourages food manufacturers to help young people start businesses, but what do they help? There are fees for health permits and liability insurance. It's more than a thousand dollars a year! "
The farmers' market fee was about a thousand dollars, including health permits and liability insurance.
Li Qi sighed. "This underground food city has become a lucrative source of tax revenue. Why would the Seattle government let it go? Liability insurance is 250 dollars, market space rental is 40 to 55 dollars a day, health and safety permits are needed twice a year, and that's another 500 dollars … "
Li Du said, "Then you guys can't make much money here."
Li Qi glanced at him and said, "But there are a lot of people here. Who knows when you will meet a suitable boss, and then you can get out of here."
Hearing this, Li Du laughed. "Smart man, haha, you are Jiang Taigong."
"Jiang Taigong is fishing willingly?" Yang Dong laughed, not knowing what was going on.
Li Du said, "Jiang Taigong is fishing for Zhou Wuwang. Mr. Li Qi has Jiang Taigong's talent. A small character like me can't compete with Zhou Wuwang, but I can give you a chance to show your talent. "
"I'll restore your annual salary of 100,000. As long as you can work for a full year, you will get a bonus at the end of the year. From now on, your annual salary will be 100,000 more than the previous year, and the bonus will be the same. How about that?"
Li Qi extended his hand without hesitation. "Boss, hello."
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